Johann Andreas Silbermann

Johann Andreas Silbermann

Johann Andreas Silbermann, also known as Jean-André Silbermann (26 June 1712, in Strasbourg – 11 February 1783, in Strasbourg) was an 18th-century organ-builder, as were his father Andreas Silbermann and his paternal uncle Gottfried Silbermann.[1][2]

Mozart met with Silbermann during his (Mozart's) stay in Strasbourg in 1778, and played on the pipe organs in the two Lutheran churches Saint-Thomas (preserved), and Temple Neuf (destroyed in 1870), which he called ″Silbermann's best".[3][4]

Pipe organs by J. A. Silbermann in their original instrumental state can be found in the following churches, among others:[5]

  1. ^ ""Ich ließ mir auch die Orgel weisen ..." Aus dem Reisetagebuch des Johann Andreas Silbermann (1)". SWR 2. Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Les Silbermann d'Alsace". À la découverte de l'Orgue Orgues d'Alsace. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Mozart's stay" (PDF). European Mozartways. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Letter, 2 November 1778". Mozart Letters and Documents – Online Edition. Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Principaux travaux de Jean-André Silbermann". À la découverte de l'Orgue Orgues d'Alsace. Retrieved 9 May 2019.